Pair through the SteamOS devkit service before asking for a password

connect.sh and frame_connect.py now try Valve's steamos-devkit-service
first: GET /properties.json for the login user, then POST /register with
a new RSA key (~/.ssh/id_rsa_frame_devkit, the only type it accepts), so
the user approves a prompt in the headset instead of typing a password.
Port 32000 closed, a timeout or a 403 falls back to the existing
password copy. The Host frame block lists both keys; a host counts as
found if port 22 or 32000 answers; with no host given, dns-sd or
avahi-browse look for _steamos-devkit._tcp. Inferred from Valve's
source, not yet verified on a Frame.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ ssh frame # passwordless from now on
`connect.sh` does four things:
- finds the headset (`frame.local`, then `frame`, or the IP/host you pass in)
- creates a dedicated key (`~/.ssh/id_ed25519_frame`)
- creates dedicated keys (`~/.ssh/id_ed25519_frame`, plus `~/.ssh/id_rsa_frame_devkit` for pairing)
- adds a `Host frame` block to `~/.ssh/config`
- runs `ssh-copy-id`, which asks for the Developer Mode password once
- tries SteamOS devkit pairing (approve on the headset, no password; **inferred**,
see [SSH](ssh.md#password-free-pairing-steamos-devkit-service)), else runs
`ssh-copy-id`, which asks for the Developer Mode password once
Run `./scripts/connect.sh --harden` later if you want to turn off SSH password
logins.